by lsmith | Nov 1, 2026 | Patterns
When I first joined a guild, I remember the longarm quilters offering to baste quilts for those who hand-quilted or quilted on their domestic machines. I never really understood why… until I tackled my first big quilt. That’s when I learned that basting my time away...
by lsmith | Oct 31, 2026 | Patterns
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by lsmith | Oct 21, 2026 | Blog Hop
I’m so pleased to work with ByAnnie on breast cancer awareness. In 2016 and 2017, I walked 39.3 miles to raise funds for breast cancer research, in honor of my grandmother, who was a 30-year survivor and lived to be 90. In March 2024, I became a survivor too. I didn’t...
by lsmith | Oct 17, 2026 | Quilting Tips
We like to experiment with specialty stitches or different threads and hope that everything is going to go swimmingly. Well, I’ve recently been working on a few projects that did not go quite as swimmingly as I had hoped! So, I want to share some of the lessons...
by lsmith | Oct 11, 2026 | Quilting Tips
by lsmith | Oct 3, 2026 | Quilting Tips
One seam to bind them all… That may be a good knock-off of The Lord of the Rings, but binding is a whole other blog post. Instead, we are getting back to basics and maybe not-so-basics. There are at least four different seams you can use on your quilting projects,...
by lsmith | Sep 27, 2026 | Quilting Tips
What is your favorite holiday/season to decorate? My top one is Christmas and the runner up is Halloween. There is just something fun about adding spooky and discordant stuff. It doesn’t have to make sense, just have that eerie vibe to it. I started with my...
by lsmith | Sep 18, 2026 | Canva
One of my Quilting… You Say? QAL friends — let’s call her Nancy — is working through the QAL right now. In the QAL, we stress personalizing the quilt — pick fabric colors you like, pick threads that thrill you, pick stitches that seem right to you, and for...
by lsmith | Sep 17, 2026 | Quilting Tips
Picture it: you’re deep in the zone — chain piecing, quilting, stitching on a binding, whatever it is — everything humming along. Then you glance down and realize there’s not a stitch to be found. Your bobbin ran out and you never even noticed. And that...
by lsmith | Sep 17, 2026 | Therapy
The other night, we had a storm warning coming in. After our near-miss with the tornado, I’ve been diligent — cushions off the deck and inside, plants moved to the floor so they won’t blow over, all the usual prep. I finally sat down to work on the couch....
